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Locality Name:
Spring Creek Area, Juab Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 245795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spring Creek Area, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Apex East
Apex North Occurrence
Jumbo Mine (Jumbo; Jumbo Extension; Richmond; Waverly 1)
Mary Mine
Red Hill Mine

Latitude: 39°45'36"N
Longitude: 113°52'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.76,-113.87972222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
NoneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183274453,274454,2744564286
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12744555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127445527198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23274453,274454,2744569617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127445524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12744557437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2274455,27445730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127445514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412744555591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127445512537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61274455477
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23274454,274455,27445661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4274453,274454,274455,2744564894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127445521482


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